Senior OpenShift / Kubernetes Platform Engineer

• Operate, maintain, and continuously improve the Bank’s enterprise OpenShift and Kubernetes platform.
• Ensure platform stability, scalability, security, and performance across hybrid cloud environments.
• Perform complete platform lifecycle management including installation, upgrades, patching, maintenance, and decommissioning.
• Participate in a rotating on-call support schedule within a four-person team.
• Design, implement, and operate enterprise-grade Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.
• Manage networking, storage, security, and cluster services.
• Develop reusable container platform standards, templates, and base images.
• Support business application teams in adopting cloud-native technologies and containerized workloads.
• Provide architectural guidance for high availability, disaster recovery, and workload resilience.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Build reusable automation frameworks using Ansible, Terraform, and GitOps methodologies.
• Improve operational efficiency through scripting and automation.
• Standardize platform configuration management and orchestration.
• Design and maintain GitOps workflows using Argo CD.
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines into infrastructure deployment processes.
• Promote DevOps best practices across infrastructure and application delivery teams.
• Collaborate closely with software engineering teams to enable automated application deployment.
• Integrate security scanning, compliance controls, and observability into the platform.
• Ensure alignment with Bank security standards, governance, and change management processes.
• Design resilient platform architectures supporting disaster recovery and business continuity.
• Contribute to the Bank’s hybrid cloud strategy and platform roadmap.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements.
• Drive automation initiatives across the infrastructure landscape.
• Promote engineering best practices and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with Infrastructure, Security, Networking, Storage, Cloud, and Application Development teams.
• Support development teams building cloud-native, serverless, and containerized applications.
• Communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Minimum **5 years of experience** in OpenShift/Kubernetes platform engineering within enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in **OpenShift, Kubernetes, Linux administration, container technologies, and hybrid cloud platforms**.
• Hands‑on experience with **OVN‑K, Ceph/CSI, Quay, Argo CD/GitOps, Velero, Ansible, and Terraform**.
• Proficiency in **Bash, Python, and Go** scripting.
• Solid experience with **Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, CI/CD, Git, and DevOps practices**.
• Strong understanding of automation, platform lifecycle management, and cloud‑native technologies.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• ****Preferred**
• - Experience with **data centre infrastructure, networking, virtualization, and public cloud integration**.
• - Knowledge of **OAuth, token‑based authentication, and REST API integrations**.
• - Experience working in **Agile environments** and contributing to technology strategy and platform modernization.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in OpenShift and Kubernetes platform engineering, focusing on lifecycle management, automation, and cloud-native technologies. Proficient in developing and maintaining infrastructure automation and promoting DevOps best practices across teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• OpenShift Platform Engineering
• Kubernetes Management
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Ansible Automation
• CI/CD Integration

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• OpenShift
• Kubernetes
• Linux Administration
• Container Technologies
• Bash Scripting
• Python Scripting
• Go Scripting
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Configuration Management
• DevOps Practices

Soft Skills

• Analytical Skills
• Communication Skills
• Stakeholder Management

Industry Keywords

• Hybrid Cloud Platforms
• Cloud-Native Technologies
• Platform Lifecycle Management
• Agile Environments
• Data Centre Infrastructure

Tools & Technologies

• OVN-K
• Ceph/CSI
• Quay
• Argo CD
• GitOps
• Velero
• Ansible
• Terraform

#J-18808-Ljbffr